Is 50 cent the best rapper ever

Listen up. 50 Cent is good. But, he isn't in the same league as Eminems, Jay Z etc.

Beside his first two albums under Shady/Aftermath, he's been nothing special. He last song that was good was My Life - but that was because of Eminem who featured, he took over the song and made it enjoyable.

That is why Eminem for me is the greatest of all time in Hip Hop. Think about it. Let's start with his 50 Cent collaborations.

1. Patiently Waiting - let's be honest, people remember that song because of Eminem. His flow and pace is perfect.

2. Don't Push Me - Eminem doesn't rap often about guns, but he did here and was way better than 50 and Lloyd Banks (who also featured).

3. Love Me - off the 8 Mile Soundtrack, Eminem destroyed that song. It was his, no one remembers 50 or Obie's verse.

4. Jimmy Crack Corn - massively underrated track, 50 tries to get a flow, but can't, Eminem once again takes it to another level.

The story is the same on You Don't Know and Crack a Bottle (even Dre beat 50 on that).

Eminem, lyrically "renegaded" Jay Z on his own track. The song Renegade on Blueprint was originally a Eminem and Royce track, but it became Jay Z's. Nas said it himself, Jay "got destroyed on his own ****". It is fit for me, the best Hip Hop song of all time.

Eminem quite literally shredded Benzino and and Ja Rule. Songs like "The Sauce" and "Do Rae Me" show this, he shreds rappers. The Source's reputation went downhill. Like Em said to Benzino, "you've got to stay up till three in the morning see your video played once on BET".

I won't go into others, but Canibus, Insane Clown Posse are others he tore apart. Don't forget Mariah and Christina. If any other artist mentioned either, they would be ridiculed. But Eminem did it in a way that was funny yet true at the same time.

Lyrically, he's miles ahead. Whether it be Brain Damage on SSLP or Rap God on MMLP2, he's lyrically miles ahead. Other rappers have said the many times.

Plus, he originated from Underground Rap. Rap Battles on YouTube before he was famous showed he took others apart, that's how Dre found him.

Go listen to songs such as No Apologies, Yellow Brick Road, (his verse on) Fight Music and Revelation. Incredible.

Oh, and for those saying Wayne and Drake. Go listen to Forever, tell me who's better lmao..

Men lie, Women lie, Numbers don't lie. How many of your favourite rappers have a diamond selling album?

Then you need to listen to Infinite. If you still don't think he copies Nas after that (and you've heard Illmatic) I don't know what to say; he even admitted it himself.

It's uncanny.

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Great post, great analysis. I totally agree with the tracks you listed. I can't deny that Eminem is the best rapper of all time hands down. Jimmy Crack Corn is hugely underrated, Eminem murders that track. And Doe Rae Me...great track. Em's diss tracks against Benzino and Ja rule are so raw, so sick. His best rapping is when he's at his angriest, I think.


And Eminem completely murders Drake and Wayne with his flow on Forever. People were like "Oh, Em fell off, he sucks now"...the verse he delivered on Forever is simply masterful. Em at his very best.

Lots of rappers tried to battle Eminem and compete with his, but he wiped the floor with every single person who tried to claim they were better than him. As much as I like Canibus (Mic Club is an amazing album, but the rest of his stuff is weak), I felt sorry for him when Em completely destroyed him with the diss tracks.

If you're judging a rappers quality by the amount of albums sold, you sir... Are a fool. Basically by such nonsense logic, Tyga is a better rapper than J Cole.


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Infinite is a great album, I've listened to it extensively. I've also listened to Illmatic extensively, decent album. To be honest, I just do not understand how people can pick up on this similarity between Em and Nas in terms of their flow. You can say that all rap sounds the same. After all, people don't sing rap. With so many rappers out there, you can't possibly expect every single rapper to sound differently from everyone else! Maybe I'm not a very attentive listener, but I honestly can't say that Em and Nas sound very similar. The two albums are very different for me, I never regarded them as being particularly similar, and I've listened to both of them extensively.

Obviously, I was young and influenced by other artists, and I got a lot of feedback saying that I sounded like AZ. Infinite was me trying to figure out how I wanted my rap style to be, how I wanted to sound on the mic and present myself. It was a growing stage. I felt like Infinite was like a demo that just got pressed up.

Infinite is a great album, I've listened to it extensively. I've also listened to Illmatic extensively, decent album. To be honest, I just do not understand how people can pick up on this similarity between Em and Nas in terms of their flow. You can say that all rap sounds the same. After all, people don't sing rap. With so many rappers out there, you can't possibly expect every single rapper to sound differently from everyone else! Maybe I'm not a very attentive listener, but I honestly can't say that Em and Nas sound very similar. The two albums are very different for me, I never regarded them as being particularly similar, and I've listened to both of them extensively.

If you're judging a rappers quality by the amount of albums sold, you sir... Are a fool. Basically by such nonsense logic, Tyga is a better rapper than J Cole.


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Em has two lol

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I'm not talking about the sound of the song, the tracks are not really similar, I'm talking about his flow and delivery. It's very similar to Nas and also to AZ. Here is what the great man himself had to say about it:



He doesn't care. It wasn't until Infinite flopped and he hit rock bottom that he came back as Slim Shady and discovered some originality.

I like the album, but you can't be serious if you don't detect some Nas and AZ in his rapping style on that album.

I must have completely missed something really obvious then. Because to me, the two albums sound different. Obviously, I was referring to the flow delivery as well myself instead of the actual tracks. My favourite tracks are Maxine and Jealousy Woes and 313...and to me, they sound completely different from Represent, the world is yours and one love. Never been a huge fan of Illmatic, it's alright but I think it's extremely overrated, it gets way too much credit while Infinite doesn't seem to be very highly regarded among rap listeners. Anyway, yeah...perhaps different people experience albums in different ways.

GOAT: 2 pac and Biggie smalls

True, his Diss song "Canibitch" was just amazing.

Loads of people say Encore was rubbish etc. Not true, they base the album on Just Lose It, Big Weenie, My 1st Single. Three of four bad tracks, the album for me was fine. Evil Deeds, Like Toy Soldiers, Yellow Brick Road, Mockingbird, Encore (the single) etc.

Relapse was a bit off though - still, it produced Beautiful, one of his best to this day and Underground, another underrated track. On Relapse:Refill, Music Box and Elevator were also very good.

People tend to forget D12 - My Band I think reached the top five in the UK. Others like Revelation, Fight Music, When The Music Stops are just dope. I could go on forever lol...